Revolving book-support



(No Model.)

O. H. BURDIOK.

REVOLVING BOOK SUPPORT.

No. 451,632. Patented May 5, 1891.

WIZ/VZ'SSES 1W Vii/V7072 UNITED; STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. BURDIOK, OF NELLISTON, NEW YORK.

REVOLVING BOOK-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 451,632, dated May 5, 1891.

Application filed December 22, 1890. Serial No. 375,442. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES H. BURDIOK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Nel- 1ist0n,in the county of Montgomery and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Revolving Book- Support-s, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. v

The main object of this invention is to provide a device for receiving and holding a hotel-register, although the device of course is applicable for holding other books which have to be turned about frequently; and because of this main object of the invention I have designated mydeviceahotel-register holder.

The invention consists of a base provided with a track, combined with a shelf having depending legs of different length, each leg having a roller to run upon the track of the base and to support the shelf at an incline, the base and shelf being secured together in such manner as to permit the shelf to be revolved or turned upon the base, so as to present a book laid open upon the shelf to a person on either side of a counter without the necessity of lifting or moving the book itself, as I will proceed now more particularly to set forth and finally claim.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention, in the several figures of which like parts are similarly designated, Figure 1 is a plan View with one corner broken away. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, and Fig. 3 is a central cross-section.

The base a is by preference made circular, and its outer rim 1) forms a way or track. I prefer to attach in any approved manner to the bottom of the base pads c, of rubber or other material, to prevent the holder from scratching or marring a counter when placed thereon. This base also is provided with a perforated center piece d. The base is made The shelf 8 is also made flat and preferably rectangular in outline, so as properly to receive and support a book that may be placed thereupon. One end of the shelf is provided with a lip or flange f, to retain the book thereon. A number of bifurcated legs 9 and h depend from the lower side of the shelf, and in the forked portion thereof are arranged the rollers or wheels 7: and j. The

legs g and h are made of different lengths in order to support the shelf at an incline, substantially as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, which incline is a convenient one for writing purposes. The wheels z' and j by preference are constructed with a central hub 70, through which is passed the pintle or axle Z, and the tire on of the wheel is made of rubber, so as to reduce noise and permit of the easy rotation of the shelf. These wheels ride upon the track or way I) of the base a. A central hub 11. depends from the shelf, and it is screwtapped or otherwise constructed to receive the connecting device 0. A screw may be employed as such connecting device and be passed through the perforated center d of the base into the hub 12, the hub n standing above the top surface of the center d of the base.

For lightness, strength, and ornamental effect, and also for the prevention of the lodgment of dust, I prefer to make the base and the shelf as open-work or skeleton castings, substantially as shown in Fig. 1, and to nickelplate, gild, or otherwise ornament them, and for advertising purposes the castings may contain integrally the words Hotel-Register Holder.

In order to hold down the open book,I may provide the shelf with one or more spring sliding hooks 19. As shown, such hooks may consist of a plate q, arranged upon the bottom of the shelf in a bracket or guide-piece 0, with the hooked portion extending up over the top surface of the shelf, the body portion of the hook extending longitudinally along the bottom of the shelf and being connected to the shelf bya spring 3, which serves to hold the hook in position and in engagement with the book, and to permit the ready disengagement of the hook from the book.

Some of the advantages possessed by my hotel-register holder or book-support are its simplicity of construction, the economy of manufacture of the shelf with provisions for securing its arrangement at an incline, the lightness, portability, and graceful appearance of the device, and its strength and durability, and its economy of production.

What I claim is 1. As an improyed article of manufacture, a book-support composed of a base and a shelf having depending legs of different lengths and rollers therein to support the shelf on the base at a fixed incline, the base and shelf being cast in open-Work, substantially as described.

2. A book-support consisting of a flat base having a circular track, a superposed shelf having depending legs of different lengths and provided with Wheels or rollers to run upon the said track, and a central conneetin g device to permit the rotation of the shelf upon the base, substantiallyas and for the purpose described.

A book-support or hotel-register holder comprising a base having a circular track, a shelf provided with depending forked legs of different lengths and each leg supplied with I5 a roller or Wheel to run upon the said track and support the shelf at an incline thereon,a central hub depending from the shelf, and a fastenin device passed through the centerof the base and into the hub, substantially as 20 and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 28th day of November, A. D. 1890.

CHARLES H. BURDIOK.

Witnesses:

GEORGE HIseEN, F. J. Ei-ILE. 

